EP3011737A1 - Method and device for detecting an object - Google Patents
Method and device for detecting an objectInfo
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Definitions
- the present invention relates to 3D technology, and more particularly, relates to a method and a device for detecting an object in a left view image and a right view image.
- Eye tracking is the process of measuring either the point of gaze ("where one is looking") or the motion of an eye relative to the head. It has been used in diverse applications such as in visual system, in psychology, in cognitive linguistics and in product design.
- a method for detecting an object in a left view image and a right view image comprising steps of receiving the left view image and the right view image; detecting a coarse region containing the object in one image of the left view image and the right view image; detecting the object within the detected coarse region in the one image; determining a coarse region in the other image of the left view image and the right view image based on the detected coarse region in the one image and offset relationship indicating position relationship of the object in a past left view image and a past right view image; and detecting the object within the determined coarse region in the other image.
- a device for detecting an object in a left view image and a right view image comprising a storage for storing offset relationship indicating position relationship of the object in a past left view image and a past right view image; and a processor for receiving the left view image and the right view image; detecting a coarse region containing the object in one image of the left view image and the right view image; detecting the object within the detected coarse region in the one image; determining a coarse region in the other image of the left view image and the right view image based on the detected coarse region in the one image and offset relationship indicating position relationship of the object in a past left view image and a past right view image; and detecting the object within the determined coarse region in the other image.
- Fig. 1 is a block diagram showing a device for tracking eyes according to an embodiment of the present invention
- Fig. 2 is a diagram showing a user looking at the tablet according to the embodiment of the present invention.
- Fig. 3A and 3B are diagrams showing images taken separately by the
- Fig. 4 is a flow chart showing a method for tracking eyes by using a 3D camera according to the embodiment of the present invention
- Fig. 5 is a diagram showing the geometric position according to the embodiment of the present invention.
- Fig. 6A is a diagram showing the detected coarse region in the left image
- Fig. 6B is a diagram showing the determined coarse region in the right image according to the embodiment of the present invention
- Fig. 7A and 7B are diagrams separately showing a 3D camera mounted a display and a 3D camera mounted on a tablet according to the embodiment of present invention.
- Fig. 1 is a block diagram showing a device 100 for eye tracking in a 3D environment according to an embodiment of present invention.
- the device 100 comprises a 3D camera 101 , a processor 102 and a storage 103.
- the 3D camera 101 is used to capture a 3D image or a sequence of 3D images of more than one object, and output the captured data to the processor 102.
- one 3D image is composed of a left image corresponding to left view of the object and a right image corresponding to right view of the object, wherein the left image and the right image are taken at a same time point.
- a sequence of 3D images is a sequence of pairs of left images and right images.
- the storage 1 03 is used to store data and the processor 102 is used to process data.
- Fig. 7A and 7B are diagrams showing two applicable scenario of the present invention. Specifically, Fig. 7A shows a 3D display with a 3D camera mounted, and Fig. 7B shows a tablet with a 3D camera mounted.
- Fig. 2 shows that a user 20 is looking at the tablet and the tablet uses the 3D camera to capture a 3D image or a sequence of 3D images of the user and uses the 3D display to display the captured 3D image or the captured sequence of 3D images.
- the two lenses of the 3D camera 21 are named CamO and Cam1 from right to left.
- Fig. 3A and Fig. 3B are diagrams showing images taken separately by the CamO and Cam1 .
- the solid lines correspond to the border lines of the images.
- objects in the image shown by the Fig. 3A has an offset in position with the corresponding objects in the image shown by the Fig. 3B.
- the present invention takes advantage of 1 ) the determined coarse region of user's face in one of current left image and current right image and 2) offset relationship between previous left image and previous right image to determine the coarse region in the other image.
- the offset relationship indicates position relationship of two corresponding points in the previous left image and the previous right image, and is used to predict the position of a point in one image after a corresponding point in the other image is detected.
- Fig. 4 is a flow chart showing a method for tracking eyes by using a 3D camera according to the embodiment of present invention.
- the processor 102 receives a pair of left image and right image outputted by the 3D camera 101 .
- the processor 102 detects a coarse region of user face in one of the left image and the right image. In this example, we use the left image.
- the processor 102 detects a fine region of user face in the left image and detects eyes within the fine region for the left image.
- the detection method here can be used the same as disclosed in the article titled "Face and eye tracking algorithm based on digital image processing". But it shall note that other coarse-to-fine approach can also be used here.
- the processor 102 determines if an offset relationship between previous left image and previous right image exist. If it does not exist, it goes to step 408, and if it exists it goes to step 406.
- the processor 102 detects a fine region of the user face in the right image.
- the processor 102 detects eyes within the fine region for the right image.
- the processor 102 determines coarse region of the user face in the right image based on the detected coarse region of the user face in the left image and offset relationship between previous left image and previous right image. The details about the determination will be described below after the description of the method.
- the processor 102 determines if the user face is detected during the fine detection. If the user face is detected, it goes to the step 409, and if not, it goes to the step 408.
- the processor 102 determines offset relationship between the current left image and the current right image based on detected eyes in the current left image and the current right image, and stores the determined the offset relationship in the storage 103.
- the 3D display is based on vertical parallax barriers; and in a virtual 3D coordinates system, X axis has a horizontal direction and is parallel to a plain of the display surface, Y axis has a vertical direction and is parallel to the plain of the display surface and Z axis is perpendicular to the plain of the display surface.
- the origin of the 3D coordinates system is set in the center of the display surface. The position of the 3D views shown in front of the screen does not depend on the position along the axis Y. Therefore, only the X and Z axes need to be considered.
- the processor 102 can determine values of x 0 and xi and use the following formula (1 ) to calculated Z p .
- the processor 102 determines the coarse region in the image outputted by the Cam1 in the step 406
- the following formula (2) and formula (3) are used for determining a point in the right image based on the detected corresponding point in the left image (in the formulas, X 0 and Y 0 represent a point in the left image and Xi and Yi represent a corresponding point in the right image).
- Fig. 6A is a diagram showing the detected coarse region in the left image
- Fig. 6B is a diagram showing the determined coarse region in the right image.
- the coarse region is a rectangle and defined by top-left point and bottom-right point. Therefore, based on the formula (2) and formula (3), the top-left point (Xi , Yi) and bottom-right point ( ⁇ ', ⁇ ') of the coarse region in the right image can be calculated.
- the offset relationship is determined and updated in response to each pair of left image and right image.
- the offset relationship is determined and updated. In other words, the offset relationship between a past left image and a past right image (but the past left image and the past right image are taken at the same time) is not updated until the processor determines the face cannot be detected within the determined coarse region.
- the present invention is not limited to eye tracking. It is applicable to a system adopting the coarse-to-fine approach to track or detect an object in a sequence of 3D images, wherein the detected coarse region in one of current left image and current right image and offset relationship between previous left image and previous right image to determine coarse region in the other image. And then fine detection technique is used to 1 ) detect the object within the detected coarse region in one image and 2) detect the object within the determined coarse region in the other image.
- the offset relationship between the left image and the right image are determined based on the detected eyes in the left image and the right image. According to a variant, the offset relationship is determined based on determined fine regions of the user face in the left image and the right image.
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